syncope
1. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain • Syn: faint, swoon, deliquium • Derivationally related forms: swoon (for: swoon), faint (for: faint) • Hypernyms: loss of consciousness 2. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle') • Syn: syncopation • Derivationally related forms: syncopate (for: syncopation), syncopate • Topics: phonology, phonemics • Hypernyms: articulation
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